Leeds in disarray as Championship club approach axed Graham Bean for advice on match-day squad
Mail 30/9/14
By CHARLES SALE
Pantomime club Leeds asked a football administrator advice on an important team issue at the weekend after he had been sacked by madcap owner Massimo Cellino.
The Italian axed Graham Bean, who had been effectively acting as chief executive, for not consulting him on Leeds changing their fixture against Reading from Tuesday night to Wednesday.
This is despite Bean having no say in the decision because Football League rules allow Reading to make the switch having played a TV game last Sunday.
Cellino, said by Leeds staff to be in an uncontrollable rage over this run-of-the-mill issue, also made sure Bean’s security pass into Elland Road was immediately cancelled.
Nevertheless, Bean was contacted by the club before their defeat at Brentford last Saturday because nobody was sure how many home-grown players — it is six — had to be included in the match-day squad.
Bean, understandably, replied Leeds should contact Cellino for advice on the matter.
To add to the Leeds circus, Bean’s predecessor David Haigh is still imprisoned in Dubai without charge four and a half months after his arrest following allegations of financial wrongdoing by former Leeds owners GFH Capital.
Meanwhile, the Football League are awaiting their copy of the Italian judge’s report that is said to describe Cellino’s tax evasion as ‘elusive intent’. It may still affect a ruling on whether he is an appropriate owner of Leeds.
By CHARLES SALE
Pantomime club Leeds asked a football administrator advice on an important team issue at the weekend after he had been sacked by madcap owner Massimo Cellino.
The Italian axed Graham Bean, who had been effectively acting as chief executive, for not consulting him on Leeds changing their fixture against Reading from Tuesday night to Wednesday.
This is despite Bean having no say in the decision because Football League rules allow Reading to make the switch having played a TV game last Sunday.
Cellino, said by Leeds staff to be in an uncontrollable rage over this run-of-the-mill issue, also made sure Bean’s security pass into Elland Road was immediately cancelled.
Nevertheless, Bean was contacted by the club before their defeat at Brentford last Saturday because nobody was sure how many home-grown players — it is six — had to be included in the match-day squad.
Bean, understandably, replied Leeds should contact Cellino for advice on the matter.
To add to the Leeds circus, Bean’s predecessor David Haigh is still imprisoned in Dubai without charge four and a half months after his arrest following allegations of financial wrongdoing by former Leeds owners GFH Capital.
Meanwhile, the Football League are awaiting their copy of the Italian judge’s report that is said to describe Cellino’s tax evasion as ‘elusive intent’. It may still affect a ruling on whether he is an appropriate owner of Leeds.
